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This seems to be a major divide in metal, which of the two magazines is to one's preference. Personally I would say hands down Metal Hammer, but pretty much every other metalhead I know is a Kerrang enthusiast. I just find Kerrang too mainstream and drifting away from metal towards pop/alt. rock. But anyway, state which one you prefer

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Re: Kerrang! vs. Metal Hammer I read Metalhammer last month, and since Merlin took over as editor it seems to actually feature real metal. Kerrrang has ceased to be creditable since 1994. Even then it had a fairly liberal sprinkling of utter keech. An embarrassment.

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Some of these old threads are worth dredging up. Not sure if this one actually counts, but anyway...

People have been lamenting the apparent decline of Kerrang since the late 80s. It's hilarious. I bought a copy of 80s Kerrang from ebay the other day just to get some history. 

Metal Hammer doesn't do it for me either. 

 

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Some of these old threads are worth dredging up. Not sure if this one actually counts, but anyway...

People have been lamenting the apparent decline of Kerrang since the late 80s. It's hilarious. I bought a copy of 80s Kerrang from ebay the other day just to get some history. 

Metal Hammer doesn't do it for me either. 

 

 

I obviously wasn't around to check them out in their early days, but I haven't seen any worth in them since I started listening to metal and became aware of their existence.

 

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I dont know if it's because we change. 

I remember loving growing up with kerrang. They was all kiss motley crue iron maiden slayer etc.  

My metal taste have change a little over time. Kerrang hasn't I don't like it anymore not because of kerrang because I like different stuff now. There music station is awful. I would buy metal hammer before Kerrang now but terrorizer over hammer. 

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I used to read both, depending on which bands were featured in which magazine...and if I happened to be at the main train station in Copenhagen (the only place with an international news agent) and felt the urge to read some new none Danish magazines. Otherwise I stuck to one magazine, Metalized, it was in Danish, runned by local metalheads, and arrived once a month by post.

Fast forward to present day: I have not bought an issue of neither Metal Hammer or Kerrang for more than a decade now. But I stopped buying Kerrang entirely when they began featuring nu-metal bands. These days I just keep an open eye on what is said and written on forums like these, bands profiles and websites, and Youtube...it pretty much sums up what used to be written in the music magazines.

 

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I have a soft spot due to the romance of the Kerrang/Mick Wall history which I find really amazing. The golden age of flying journalists first class to write about bands and gigs, putting them up in five star hotels. What a different world it is now. Imagine spending thousands of dollars for a few articles. 

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